E COLLEGE APP. SCIENCE tf> TrteMS Summer Tourists to Michigan Enjoy the Shores of Old Lake Superior Vol. XXXII JULY, 1927 V* T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD July, 1927 But after M. S. C days are over, this same River of Life upon which we set sail in college grows swifter and swifter and more danger ous in its course—and its windings are dim and foreboding. m The M. S. C. Record Entered at the East Lansing postoffice as second class matter. Vol. X X X I I. Xo. 11 E A ST LANSING, MICH. July, 1927 Country Life Week Plans Completed Seventeen Organizations Scheduled to Meet July 31 to August 6; Largest Con ference in History to Study Agriculture and Rural Life; Secre tary Jardine Heads List of Speakers. Country Life Week, a six-day conference on the social and econo mics problems of rural life, which is scheduled for July 31 to August 6 at Michigan State College,^ill be the first conference of its kind ever held. Seventeen organizations and groups will meet during the week, largest and most comprising the ever representative g a t h e r i ng brought together for the purpose of studying the problems of rural life. It is particularly fitting that the first country life conference, bring ing together all of the outstanding organizations interested, should be held at Michigan State, the oldest college of its kind in America and an institution that has established itself as a leader among land grant colleges. President Kenyon L. Butterfield, as president of the American Coun try Life Association, a member of Life the International Country Commission and a member of the World Agricultural Society, has been instrumental in sponsoring the conference. President Butterfield has long been associated with na tional movements ad vancement. rural for The meeting of the International Country Life Commission at the College this summer will be the first meeting of in in America and probably this country for several years. They met last year in Brussels, Belgium. this organization the last The sessions of F a rm Economics Association, conference the of the American the International the Country Life Commission, School of Leadership for students interested in rural life, the meeting of the W o r ld Agricultural Society, and the conference of American ''Master F a r m e r s ", will be gather ings of national and international scope. All of the seventeen special con the ferences are listed wither for days of the Country Life Week, or, in cases where the conference are to last for a longer period, they have been so planned as to reach their In many climax during this week. instances, various meetings will be held simultaneously, but the most important sessions will be arranged so that all the guests at Country Life Week may meet together. in the agricultural and country life fields from the United States, Canada and Europe, and outstanding economists and sociologists, will be included among the speakers. Many prominent leaders Hon. William Jardine, United States Secretary of Agriculture, is scheduled address to deliver an August 1, and will be perhaps the best known speaker to appear be Life W e ek fore audiences. the Country Prof. H. C. Taylor, rural econo mist at Northwestern University; Dr. C. J. Galpin, rural sociologist, U. S. Department of Agriculture; F a t h er Edwin V. O ' H a r a, of O r e in gon, nationally known Judge rural life the Ohio Su Florence Allen of preme C o u r t; H e n ry Morris, of betterment; leader E n g l a n d; Paul DeVuyst, of Bel gium ; Dr. V. Lindequist, of Ger many ; Entienne Wiess, of H u n g a r y; Jacob Lange, of Denmark, and many others are included on the conference list of speakers. " F a rm Income and F a rm Life," the subject which has been chosen for the jo'nt meeting of the Ameri can Country Life Association and the American F a rm Economics Association, will stand out as the leading theme of the Country Life Week conference. T he relation be the tween agricultural income and standards of farm life will be dis cussed by authorities who have from all studied these problems F a rm The American angles. Economics Association, in addition to their meeting with the American Country Life Association, will con duct a School of Cooperation in which they will deal with all of the outstanding problems of farmers' commodity exchange organizations. Groups conference scheduled for Country Life Week include the fol lowing: American Country Life Association, A m e r i c an F a rm Economics Association, Internation al Country Life Conference, N a tional Catholic Rural Life Confer ence, W o r ld Agricultural Society, Michigan F a rm W o m a n 's Institute, National School of Leadership for Students Interested in Rural Life, Conference of Master F a r m e r s, Citizenship Conference for W o m en, Michigan Country Life Associa tion, Summer School for T o wn and (Continued on page 4) ci 4 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD July, 1927 SPARTAN CLUBS is president of the club, Mrs. J. A. Byerly, w'15, secretary and V. O. Braun, '24, corresponding secretary. eliminated and Eli Middlemiss and Emil Pokorny were awarded the club trophy. J A C K S ON C O U N TY S O U TH H A V EN C L UB The annual summer picnic of the Jackson county alumni club which was scheduled for Saturday, June 18, at the Ella Sharp park in Jack son was postponed on account of '24, heavy president of that "we hope to have a better under standing with Dewey Seeley the last of July or early August. rain. Geo. Dobben, the club writes B E R R I EN C O U N TY the college the Berrien Dan Mather, '13, of St. Joseph, president of county alumni club writes that their group band on entertained Blossom Day the last of May. T he American Legion Auxiliary served a fine dinner even thought the band was an hour late in arriving. T he Berrien County club plans to hold their in August. summer picnic early M U S K E G ON C O U N TY '26, of John Van Arman, the Muskegon Boiler W o r ks writes that Muskegon alumni number but twenty at the present time. He adds, "however, even though our crowd will be small I have visited most of them and they all want to organize an alumni club here. Most of them are graduates of some years ago but I am sure we can get a good club started this fall." S H I A W A S S EE C O U N TY to At the mid-winter meeting of the Shiawassee County alumni club the alumni field secretary was instruct ed to place an order with the col lege publications committee for a 1927 Wolverine and one year's sub scription the Michigan State News, these to be sent to the high school library in Owosso. On J u ne 9th, the Wolverine was placed in the library and was very much ap preciated by the high school stu dents. This as well asthe Michigan State News, the students paper, is a distinct service local alumni clubs can perform for their local high schools. A. B. Cook, '93, that the T he South Haven alumni club held its annual meeting in April at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Burge, '26, at South Haven. T h e re were about twenty-five present and at the business meeting officers for the coming year were elected as '24, presi follows: L. B. K a r r, d e n t; Floyd Barden, '08, vice-presi dent, and M r s. Orvis Williams, secretary-treasurer. A joint meeting of the club was held at Kibbie, Mich., on May 20th, with the South H a v en Community club. G R A ND R A P I DS C L UB caravan A large club motored carrying over 100 members of the Grand Rapids to Grand alumni Haven Saturday, J u ne 25, and en joyed an old time picnic at the cot tage of Phelps Vogelsang, '25. H e rb Straight, '17, president w r i t e s: " We had one of the best picnics I ever attended. Both old and young were there and entered in the games and sports. T he supper on the beach of Lake Michigan was a relief after the few hot days we had. We were especially pleased to have Coach Ralph Young and Miles Casteel fill their cars with East Lansing folks and join in with us. O ur weekly luncheons will be discontinued dur ing the summer months but we ex pect to meet every Friday noon in the Masonic Temple the fall at cafeteria and any State men who happen in Grand Rapids a re always welcome." D E T R O IT A L U M NI PICNIC About 100 members of the De troit M. S. C. alumni club and stu dents home from College were in attendance at the decidedly success ful annual picnic held at the River Rouge Park, Saturday, J u ne 25th. Al Barron, '15, and Eli Middle- in charge of the miss, games, races and stunts the youngsters. T he men seized the op portunity during the afternoon to tournament. stage a barn-yard golf By dusk the teams were practically '20, were for '20, and Basil Knight, family, formerly of Grosse He, drove all the way from Palisade, Colorado to reach Detroit for this event and will visit relatives there during July. The picnic supper at Detroit's new west side park w as very suc cessful, and attracted Capt. Don Stroh from Camp Custer summer camp, as well as Vern Branch who stayed in a board meeting at Lan sing until four thirty in the after noon. A hillside base ball game fol the big feed with batting lowed to Leo Chamers. honors going Glen Stewart, field '17, alumni secretary of the college managed to get a good feed and met many new the Detroit club. E. C, faces Krehl, '08, vice-president of motor city alumni was general chairman of the day. in COUNTRY LIFE WEEK PLANS COMPLETED (Continued from page 3) Country Ministers, Conference on Relation of T o wn and Rural High Schools to the Community, School for Managers and Directors of Local Cooperative Associations, Regional Conference of Community Church Workers, Conference on the Michigan Country Church and a Christian Program the Rural Community, Conference of Coun try Y. M. C. A. Secretaries, and the Michigan Rural Education So ciety. for in Nebraska, After checking up on wind velo cities the Weather Bureau cooperating with the Na- braska State Agricultural College at Lincoln, is about prepared to say that farms can be lighted by means of wind machines. T he problem is, of course, to harness all loose horse power in the unlimited debate over agricultural relief—to get out the volts the votes.—Na tion's Business. instead of Michigan State College poultry experts will figure prominently in International the program of Baby Chick annual meeting, being held at the Pantlind Hotel, Grand Rapids, July 18 to 22. association, the July, 1927 T HE M. S. G. R E C O RD 5 New Members Added to Teaching Staff State Board Chooses New York Man Head of Music Department; New Depart ment of Phychology and Philosophy Added Appointment of Lewis Richards of New York City, as head of the the College, music department of has been announced by President K. L. Butterfield. Mr. Richards will assume his duties at the beginning of the fall term. Prof. J. S. Taylor who has been conducting the depart ment for the past few years will devote his entire time to teaching. T he new music head is a Michigan man. He received his early musical education at the University School of Music, A nn Arbor, later study ing at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Belgium. He was the first American pianist to graduate at this conservatory. Since 1905 he has taught in Detroit, toured Europe as a concert pianist, served on the Bel gium relief commission with H e r bert Hoover during the war, and for the past lived in New York, making a specialty of the harpischord. Mr. Richards teaching as has had considerable well as executive experience, and has a wide acquaintance with music and music education. few yelars has the department of psychology and philosophy. Prof. H. C. Coffman, who will head the department, has been studying for his doctor's de gree at Columbia university in t he field of psychology and will be here for opening of college in September. The new department will be under the liberal a r ts division, which has been gradually expanding until now it has some 800 students. industrial Among other changes of the teaching staff for this fall is the addition of Dr. William Haber, who will have the position of assistant professor of relations. is a graduate of the Dr. H a r b er University of Wisconsin and dur ing the past year had a fellowship in industrial research at H a r v a rd university. H is experience includes one and one-half years as labor manager with H a r t, Schaffner and M a r x, one year as research student on the Wetbeim Fellowship, " F or the Betterment of Industrial Rela tions," and teaching at the Univer sity Extension service in Milwaukee and Madison. A new addition this fall will be Among the changes already an The following article concerning the life and work of Dr. R. C. Ked- zie was printed in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. agricultural Another early pioneer in Ameri can chemistry was Robert C. Kedzie (1823-1902). Af ter graduating from Oberlin Col lege in 1946 and from the Michigan State University Medical School in 1851 he practiced medicine until 1861. He then entered the army to serve as surgeon in the Civil W a r, but resigned in 1863 to accept the the professorship of chemistry at Michigan Agricultural C o l l e ge where he taught until his death. In addition to his long services as a teacher of agricultural chemistry, Dr. Kedzie did a large amount of Robert C. Kedzie (1823-1902) that practical experimental work was of great value to the farmers of his state. He studied the muck lands and other soils of Michigan, investigated the importance of the volatile constituents of animal man nounced in the graduate assistants a r e: Dr. Chas. F. Gibbs, who re ceived his P h. D. from Yale and spent some time in China as a mis sionary, replaces H o w a rd W. Koch, assistant in bacteriology; F r a nk Forbes, Jr., replaces E. P. Johnson as assistant in bacteriology, while Johnson stays here with the state department of agriculture as ani mal pathologist; D. B. Myers re places E. R. Carlson as assistant in pathology. F o ur women have been added to the staff of the home economics di vision. Miss Lois M u nn of Iowa State College will be an instructor in clothing and related art w o r k; Miss Marion Lewis, of Cargegie Tech. will replace Miss M a ry Shel- lenberger, who resigned, as instruc tor in clothing; Miss Sylvia Metz- ger of Columbia university comes as an instructor in foods, and Miss the Buffalo Catherine Miller of State Normal, and formely with the Merrill-Palmer school of Detroit, will continue the child study course and nursery work that has been started this summer. H is a nd adulteration ures to crop growth, and made ex periments upon the fertilizing ac tion of wood ashes, lime, land plas ter, and salt. T he Michigan fer tilizer law was largely the result of his labors, as were also various other enactments for protecting the crusades public welfare. against other frauds were conducted with persis tence and vigor. H is investigations upon the chemical composition and baking quality of Clawson wheat were of great value to Michigan farmers. He was the first to grow in Michigan and the sugar beets Michigan beet sugar industry owes its origin to him. Dr. Kedzie was one of the group of chemists w ho attended the Priestle Centennial at Northumberland in 1874. 6 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD July, 1927 THE M. S. C. RECORD the Michigan State College by the the alumni and Published for M. S. C. Association. Published monthly Membership in the M. S. C. Association, including subscription throughout the year. Established 1896 former students of to THE RECORD, $2.50 per year. Unless members request a discontinuance before expiration of their memberships, it will be assumed a renewal is desired. Checks, drafts and money orders should be made payable to the M. S. C. Association. Rntered as second class matter at the postoffice at East Lansing, Michigan. GLEN O. STEWART, '17, Editor THE M. S. C. ASSOCIATION Union Memorial Building OFFICERS—IQ27-28 Arthur C. MacKinnon, '95, President G. V. Branch, '12, Vice-President R. Bruce Mc Pherson, 'go, Treasurer Robert J. McCarthy, '14, Secretary Glen O. Stewart, '17, Field Secretary EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Henrj T. Ross, '04, Milford, Mich., term expires 1928; E. E. Gallup, '96, Lansing, term expires 1930 ; Frances Kirk Patch, '14, East Lansing, term expires 1929 ; Harris E. Thomas, '85, Lansing, '83, Lansing, ex-officio. '00, Greenville, ex-officio; Frank F. Rogers, exofficio; E. W. Ranney, B R A N CH A S S O C I A T I O NS a nd P R E S I D E N TS BAY CITY—A. C. MacKinnon, 1214 Center Ave.. Bay City. BERRIEN COUNTS'—Dan W. Mather, 612 Jones St.. St. Joseph. CENT. MICHIGAN—Turner Brough- ton, 428 S. Townsend St., Lansing CHICAGO, 111.—L. C. Archer, Stewart Fruit Co., 1425 S. Racine Ave., Chica go, III DETROIT—Emil C. Pokorny, 53 Mar- ston Ave. FLINT—George R. Fryman, 140 Lapeer St., Flint. GRAND RAPIDS—Herbert B. Straight, Grand Rapids Gas Light Co., Grand biapids. IONIA—A. B. Cook, Jr., High School, Ionia, OWOSSO—A. B. Cook, R. F. D., Ovvosso. JACKSON COUNTY—Geo. J. Dobben, Broadway, Jackson. MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Harold L. Smith, c6i Illinois Ave., Milwaukee. NORTHERN OHIO—Fred Curtis, 148; Wayne Ave., Lakewood, Ohio. PORTLAND, Ore.—Carl S. English, Camas, Washington. SEATTLE, Wash.—Bernice Campbell, 1407 E. 45th St., Seattle. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA —L. E. Esselstyn, 2686 Locksley PI., Los Angeles. SOUTH HAVEN—L. B. Karr, care High School, South Haven, Mich. UPPER PENINSULA—L. R. Walker, 322 E. Ridge St., Marquette, Mich. WASHINGTON, D. C—Ray Turner, 213 Baltimore Ave., Takoma Pk , D. C WESTERN NEW YORK—Charles N. Silcox, 1021 Ackerman Ave., Syracuse. Views and Comments With this issue of T HE RECORD., G. O. Stewart, 'ij, takes charge of the publication, succeeding Robert J. McCarthy, '14, who has been re sponsible for it during the past five years. the duties of field secretary and editor, and his predecessor will remain as the Association and secretary of manager of the Union Memorial Building for another year. Stewart will combine No change is contemplated in the policies of T HE RECORD. T he new arrangement takes effect because of the necessity for more time being allotted to the work of conducting the affairs of the Union. Stewart served as editor of T he Holcad w hile in College and has been con nected with T HE RECORD since last November. In taking up the duties connected with T HE RECORD we find our con stituencies constituting a wide range of thought and ideas. Through the columns of our alumni magazine we shall attempt to carry the latest in formation from the College to its to scattered sons and d a u g h e r s; carry news of these scattered sons and daughters to carry news of college mates to each other; and to provide an opportun ity whereby all alumni can speak to the College; on matters of College and alumni opinion. We want you to feel that this is your magazine. We want to present the latest news without prejudice. Agreement with our ideas is not al ways expected; a healthy division of opinion may be stimulus. An earnest endeavor always will be made to keep T HE RECORD a truly alumni magazine, and we count up on the support of every busy, inter ested and loyal alumnus to assist us through the coming year. items at Every member of the M. S. C. Association is an ex-officio asso ciate editor or contributor to T HE RECORD. Your privilege is to send in news least once a m o n t h; to give constructive criti cism; to help keep our mailing lists up renewals to promptly; to buy from our adver tisers ; to Michigan loyal State. Are you living up to your privileges ? to be d a t e; pay to Few people give away more money than they should. In giving to the Union Memorial Building, you should not withdraw from any of the worthy charities which you now aid. You are being asked to subscribe only as much as you can afford. You know that you are a better man or woman and a better citizen to have done your part in enter supporting other worthy to prises. We believe you ought do your part in this one. 1 MICI [IGAN STATE COLLEGE j >OTBALL SCHEDULE Season of 1927 Sept . 24—Kalamazoo College. Oct. 1—Ohio University. \ *Oct. 8—University of Michigan, j Oct. 15—Cornell College (Iowa) j ! Oct. 22—Open Date. Oct. 29—University of Detroit. 1 1 *Nov. 5—Indiana University. j Nov. 12—Albion College. i Nov. 19—Butler University. ; *Dec. 3—North Carolina State. *Games away from home. July, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 7 \ Michigan State College adequate ly meets the Association's standards in regard to scholarship, the care of women students, the office of the Dean of W^omen, and representa tion on the Board of Agriculture. T he Committee on Recognition however, wTas not satisfied with the number of women on faculty com- Pinetum, Planted 1896-7 by Dr. W. J. Beal, "Father of Michigan Forestry." the faculty; the comparatively mittees; small number of advanced degrees among the members of the very small number of women hold ing the rank of associate professor and professor; and that women's salaries range lowTer than men's. the fact Because of these existing condi tions the vote of the National Com mittee was negative. F L I NT A L U M NI F I LL M A NY I M P O R T A NT P O S I T I O NS My Dear S t e w a r t: Mindful of my promise to send the in occasional notes on any of local alumni who appear to be pre- in '10E, trivial matters these occupied, and mention columns such as changes of address, new job, new radio, children or what not, I am taking this opportunity to send you my initial installment. Benson Cataline, lives at 902 E. Dayton street. Since leav ing college " B e n" has devoted all his working hours to making bet ter rear axles for the Buick Motor Car company. F or the past several years he has been the mathematical inventor extraordi authority and nary for engineering staff. He has recently been promot ed to the post of axle engineer in the Buick organization. the Buick Clark H. Day, '13E, has built a line new home at 801 W. Hamilton avenue. Clark is foreman of one of the largest heat treating shops in the largest heat the country—that in which all the parts for are put through the fire. the Buick motor treating shops in Carl J. Hatfield, '09, lives at 2116 Corunna Road. He is managing secretary of the Industrial Mutual association. Carl reports that two in other this unique organization of factory employes. 'o9ers are division heads L. G. Kurtz, '11E, lives at 522 E. Patterson street. Bill has settled the down in Flint as manager of serv Buick assembly plant, after ing as manager of outlying fac tories for the same company at St. Louis and Detroit. P e r ry Schad, '09, lives at 2413 Adams avenue and is the director of the insurance division of the In dustrial Mutual association; with 35,000 local policyholders, he has a real job on his hands. the Albert Sobey, '09E, lives at 2001 Chevrolet avenue and is the educa tional director of Industrial Mutual association. He organized a night school for factory men in 1919, and has built it up to a point the General Motors has where taken in Flint the first unit of what will be known as "General Motors Institute of Technology." Sobey will be the director of the new institution. it over and are erecting Yours truly, E D G AR O S B O R N E, '19. Scribe. 822 W. Patterson street. *\ T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD July, 1927 "Close Beside the Winding Cedar" New Pastor C'hurdf168 Rev. N. A. McCune h as announced the ad dition of Rev. R. M. Pratt of East Chicago, Indiana, to the staff of the Peoples church. Rev. P r a tt will be the as responsibility sociate pastor with for and supervision of work with high is a native school students. He of England and graduated from Owen's College in 1897. administration parish the armory Tourist Camp On Campus T he drill field in front of and much of the land com cavalry prising the river field across the Red Cedar will be utilized as a tourist camp for the several hundred visitors from Michigan and other states during the Country Life Week, July 31 to August 6. Forestry Head Abroad Prof. A. K. Chitten den, head of the for is estry department, spending the summer in Europe and will return to the campus just before the opening of the fall term in September. Mrs. Chittenden accompanied her hus band on the trip, and their course abroad England, France, Holland, Switzerland, Ger many, and Italy. Prof. Chittenden expects to make some observations on forestry in the various countries. include will and July 18, according is in charge of Farm Bureau Rally The annual state rally of the Michigan State F a rm Bureau will be the campus held on to Monday '09, organization Claude L. Nash, director who the day's program. Some 700 to 800 farmers families will their have their basket dinner on the Col lege picnic grounds, later going on a tour of the experimental plots, livestock barns, new buildings and points of interest in the vicinity of East Lansing. A large banquet will be held in the evening and the fol lowing day those remaining over will be guests of the Michigan Ele annual vator Exchange at meeting. their Wileden to Head Veterinarians Dr. L. A. Wileden, >T„ r AT m *3> °f Mason, was elected the new presi dent of the Michigan State Veterinary Medicine associa tion, June 29, when they held their annual meetin at the Union build ing. Dr. E d w a rd K. Sales, '16, of the College was re-elected secretary- treasurer. Some 100 delegates from over the State were in attendance. Hitchcock On Research Experiment Prof. W. W. Hitch- c , 1 ,, c o c k- t he en gineering department is spending the sum mer at the Iowa State College, at Ames, conducting experiments of air resistance principles on automo biles. In Germany they have per fected and placed on the market, automobiles built on air resistance principles, which are operated with a vast saving of fuel. Prof. Hitch cock conducted similar experiments last summer and will continue this year under the direction of Prof. T. K. Agg, head of the highway de partments at Ames. . „ .°7> of instructors Co-ed Coaches East in Three the woman's physical education department the College, Miss of Helen Grimes, Miss Ruth Fickles, are and Miss Clarissa Anderson spending ten days at Wellsley col lege, Massachusetts, attending a special school. F r om there they will to Columbia university, New go York, for the summer session. 4-H Club Champs Here Three hundred and fifty Boys' and Girls' Club champions from lower 39 counties of Michigan have been in attendance at the ninth annual F o u r -H Club week at the College during the past week. With the exception of J. Adams Puffer, of the Beacon Boys' Bureau at Boston, Mass., and P r e s. K. L. Butterfield, all the speakers at their annual banquet were from their own group. Several music contests and health contests were held during the week. T he club program was in charge of A. G. Kettunen, '17. Summer Enrollment Increased Enrollment the summer school session at at the opening of the second week, June 2J, reached a total of 548, according to T h is Elida Yakely, group composed largely of teachers and regular students, exceeds that of last year by 102, and is a record for the summer term at this insti tution. registrar. Model (taTruck A home demonstra- t r U c k' s h o w i ng t i on a home is being agricultural equipped completely model kitchen, start the State on May tour of ed a by sponsored 31. It engin the College eering and demonstration extension departments. N. A. Kess- ' ler, '18, and Miss E d na V. Smith, '03, are accompanying truck, and explaining its purposes to the hundreds of their wives who visit the home conven ience exhibit. farmers and the of Start Super- Highway Constructon a thirty foot pavement between Lansing and in ac East Lansing cordance with the 200 foot super highway project, is to be started soon, according to the action taken by the state administrative board re cently, in awarding the contract to the Martin A. Holland Co., Lansing. F. F. Rogers, state highway com missioner announced that only the 1.21 miles of pavement on the south side would be laid now, and a tem porary detour provided around the Church property if a satisfactory agreement cannot be reached by the far. time the paving reached that Plans are also being worked out for a new concrete bridge on South Harrison Ave., which would thus provide another outlet for the foot ball traffic. July, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD w a the tour of European Comh?gi0n the group will attend A large delegation of European officials has arrived in the United two- for States agricultural months' states. According to President But- terfield the session of the International Coun try Life Association and Country Life week here the first week of August. An study of rural life and farm conditions will be made on their pilgrimage from state to state. Twelve foreign lands are represented in the party, which is being accompanied by A r t h ur Hobson, American delegate to the international institute of agriculture intensive recinded Radio Station Unchanged T he original intention of the Federal Radio Commission was to cut the wave length of many of the broadcasting stations. This would have placed the College station W K AR at 230 meters. T he its commission has now action so far as our station is con cerned and the old wave length of 285.5 meters will be used again this year. Authorities in charge of the station feel they have received ex cellent the decision. Keith Himebaugh, '28, will continue to act as announcer and I. D. Ball, to chief '2o,e, has been promoted operator. T he programs of Coun try Life Week, July 31 to August 6, will be broadcast. treatment in formerly Youngest Freshmen Enrolled the direction Under of Miss Catherine Miller, of Merrill-Palmer the school, Detroit, a •'five weeks' course in child care and psychology is be ing given in the college nursery in the home economics building. T he youngsters ranging from 2 to 4 years of age spend three hours each morning from 9 to 12 o'clock at the the College and co-eds study In rudiments of child psychology. in addition caring for the children, the co-eds taking the course are given a series of lectures by Miss Miller. T he work is similar to that conducted the Merrill-Palmer school, al at though not as extensive. T he course will be given again this fall and as it is expanded all co-eds in the home economics division will be required to take the work. to the actual • practice and offices College Grows To re- the old grad turning to East L a n sing and the campus for a visit this sum mer he is immediately impressed at the many changes occurring in the business section. T he site of the first Peoples church is new covered large business block with by a stores, apartments above. The Hesperian house has been moved to one of the streets back of Abbott Road and will be used by the College for a girls' resi dence. The new bank and theater building has replaced the old fra ternity house and this modern four story building adds a decided at mosphere of business to the College City. College Manor a large three story business and apartment build ing occupies the corner of Abbott and Albert. Another new bank will open its doors in this building dur ing the next month. T he large East Lansing high school will be open for classes this fall and is located about six blocks north on Abbott Road on the edge of the old Chand ler marsh. New subdivisions have developed rapidly during the past year and the building activity has been above the average. Ash Trays Lessen Fires Professor A. K. Chit tenden sees a great saving of timber by the enforced use of ash trays in the cars of motoring forest tourists. He estimates the fire loss in Michigan last year to be more than $114,000. T he origin of many fires can be traced to the care lessness of a tourist tossing a light ed cigarette along the highway. T he state fire warden and his corps of deputies are placing warning no tices all over the state. Sayer Prize Awarded The Sayer prize for the student doing the best work in bacter iology during the year was awarded to Stanley Hartsell, a senior sciene student, according to an announcement by Dean W a rd Giltner. Hartsell will continue his study of bacteriology at Yale uni- sersity. T he Michigan State Veter inary Medical prize to the senior having the best standing among the students of the veterinary division w as awarded to F r ed J. Brockett. r i v e rs thir- New Home F i r m °W er The waters of t e en M i c h iSan were united when Charles W. Tippy, vice-president and general manager ofthe Consumers Power company, broke on a granite arch a ribbon in which they were bound flagon the power contained, dedicating firms new eleven story office build ing, which w as formally opened at Jackson on the evening of July 13. T he waters were from the streams the company in maintains power plants. T he struc ture will provide space for more than 1,000 employes, many of them being Michigan State engineers. the state where in age ranging College Host to Bands Forty-two bands were entered this spring in the third annual band tournament sponsored by the the music department of College. Nineteen hundred boys and girls from nine to twenty gathered on the cam pus for a day of music that lasted from eight in the morning to nearly exhausting midnight practically take three judges who refused time out the for tournament was over. A w a r ds went to Flint high school in class A, to State vocational school at Lansing in class B, Flint junior in class C and Port H u r on in D class. to dinner until the rest hasten Invention Helps Lindbergh While Lindbergh gen erously gives credit to the designer and mak er of his plane, to his engine and his instruments, and while manufacturers of oil, tires, and into print avariciously to claim their share of the glory, one important award of credit remains to be made—it has apparently been overlooked by the press, points out the editor of T he New Republic. T he earth inductor compass, to which Lindbergh as cribes his ability easily to maintain a true course without nautical ob servations, is a result of the scienti fic research carried on in the inter est of the United the public by F or vStates Bureau of Standards. its invention Dr. Lyman J. Briggs and Dr. Paul Heyl of the Bureau were awarded the Magellan Medal of the American Philosophical So it having been previously ciety; 10 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD July, 1927 used in the round-the-world by American aviators. flight science, Lyman J. Briggs is a graduate of Michigan State with the class of 1893. He is one of those workers extremely in receiving modest asking credit for their achievements, thus in their way add a peculiarly pure type of glory to any exploit. salaries, seldom Co-eds W in Letter The old English " S ." Detroit; which is one of the highest marks of dis tinction awarded by the Women's Athletic association, was given to three senior girls who had won a thousand points or more in extracurricular athletic activities. The honored co-eds are Elizabeth Wood worth, Dorothy Shoesmith. East Lansing; Beatrice for Beck, Calumet. Monograms winning five hundred points were '2^, Grand given to Ruth Bowen, R a p i d s; Flossie '28, Bad A x e; Florence Banhagel, '29, '29, Xew Lansing: F ay Gillis, '29, York city; Lelah Horning, Battle Creek; Alice Hunter, '30. Lansing; Loria Lautner, '29, East '29, Lansing; Henriette Lansing; Marion Woodworth, '30, Pangborn, Scovell, NECROLOGY HARRY C. W A L K ER Harry C. Walker. '97, president Walker *.\: Co., ( Hitdoor Advertis ing. Detro't. and a director of the ( )utdoor Advertising Association of in Balti America, died suddenly more, May 27, enroute to Mill- brook. X. Y., to attend the gradu ation of his daughter Jane, from the Bennett School. The news of his sudden death came as a great shock to his host of friends and associates in Out door Advertising circles where he had been such a prominent figure for almost a quarter of a century. F or nearly twenty-two years he was the active head of the business which bears his name, succeeding his father in that capacity. In ddition to his numerous activi ties in the Outdoor Advertising in dustry, M r. Walker was also a di rector of the Detroit Convention and Tourist Bureau, playing an im portant part in the recent drive for a Million Dollar Campaign fund to advertise the city. Throughout his life he was prominently identified with advertising movements and or ganizations. Mr. Walker was born in Detroit September 1, 1879, an<^ ^s survived besides his daughter, Jane, by one son. William T. Walker. He at tended Michigan State with the class of 1897, where he established ath letic records on the track and on the baseball field. He was also manager of the Detroit Athletic Club's baseball and track teams in the early years of the Club's exis- tance. F R A N C IS BLOOM LOVE Francis B. Love, 1917, died at his home in Shelby, Ohio, Sunday, June 5, 1927, of Addison's disease and tubercular trouble. While in college Love wras a member of the Trimoira Literary society, the Glee Club and the col lege cho:r. He was in service dur ing the World W ar but did not get overseas. Since 1919 he has been an engineer with the Shelby Auto call company. E L I S J IA D E M I NG A N D R E WS T R UE Elisha D. A. True, 1878, died May 24, 1927, at Melbourne Beach, Florida. Mr. T r ue was one of the organ izers ofthe Union Literary society. He received his masters degree in agriculture in 1896. F or some time he was a draftsman for a machine company in Detroit. He later lived on a farm near Richmond, Michi gan. H E N RY A U G U S T US D A N V I L LE Henry A. Danville, 1883, died at temporary home in Lansing, his May 7, 1927, of apoplexy. F or the past few years M r. Dan- villew was employed in the state conservation department and was well known in Masonic circles of Lansing and Manistee. Previous to his connection with the state de partment he was a teacher in public schools of Michigan. In the sum mer of 1923 he received his college life certificate, one of the last teach ing certificates granted by the late Walter French. F or some time he was country treasurer of Manistee county. L o u is C. BROOKS Louis C. Brooks, 1892, died at his home at Croton, Massachusetts, April 18, 1927, of hemorrhage of the brain. Brooks was a member of the Union Liberary society and a char ter member of T au Beta Pi. He was class poet his senior year, and once remarked that he escaped be ing commencement orator by not passing entrance geography. He re ceived the degree of electrical en gineer in 1908. He started in as a draftsman for General Electric at Schenectady. F r om 1899 to 1901 he was a drafts man in the U. S. navy, starting at that time his interest in electrical engineering as related to shipbuild ing. Until 1905 he was an electri cal inspector at Cramps shipyard, Philadelphia. He then became mas ter electrician in the U. S. navy yard at Boston. F r om 1910 to 1917 he was an electrical engineer in the Industrial Control department of General Electric, and assistant in charge of the department for two years of that time. F r om 1917 to the February 1926 he was with Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp., Ltd., of Bethlehem, Pa., and Quincy, Mass. He then resigned on account of ill health and settled on a fruit farm in the Nashoba fruit belt in Groton, Massachusetts. W A L T ER W. W E L LS Walter W. Wells, 1901, died at his home in Lansing, March 18, 1927. Wells was a member of the H e s perian society and T au Beta Pi. Following his graduation he was an instructor in mechanical engineering at the College. In 1903 he left the College and became connected with the Ball Engine company of Erie, 1 'ennsylvania, to return to his old position on the engineering staff of the College in 1904. In 1906 he went to Clyde, Ohio, where he ser ved as chief draftsman t he Roberts Motor company. He re mained in Clyde for several years as chief draftsman for the Elmore a nd Manufacturing c o m p a ny Clydesdale Motor Truck company. In 1923 he came to Lansing where he was employed in the engineering department of the Reo Motor Car (Continued on page 11) for July, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 11 Spartans Place at National Classic Relay Team Equals World Record in 440; Grim Wins 200 Junior Title; Alder man Given Honor Medal as He Graduates; Other Awards Closes Banner Season. I New laurels crowned the efforts of State's championship relay team in the National A. A. U. meet at Lincoln, Nebraska, July to 4. Bohn Grim, '27, won the junior 220 title when he made the distance in In 122.2 and Henson placed fourth. taking the honors in this race Grim defeated Haynes, of Denver, con sidered one of the best men at that distance. Fred Alderman, '27, was unable to enter because of a pulled tendon. On July 4 the varsity re lay team ran third in the 440 relay, equalling the world record of '.41.6, but the winner made a mark of -.41. In accomplishing this feat the Green and White triumphed over the Los Angeles four wrhich boasted Charles this Paddock as anchor man. contest Grim succeeded in pulling a muscle which put fifty per cent of the squad on the casualty list so that when the team faced the starter its in the half-mile relay much of effectiveness had been destroyed. In the 880 the winner took the event in slower the Spartan four had to its credit in previous meets, but the crippled Green and White entry finished fifth. time than In Henson and Lang, the other half of the team, both sophomores, gave continued promise of providing ex cellent material for the track squad another year, but the graduation of Grim and Alderman breaks up the combination which has startled the NECROLOGY (Continued from page 11) company. He held patent No. 1,- 117,759 on a governor adapted to a wide range of speeds used on the Clydesdale Motor Trucks and ad vertised as the Clydesdale Control ler, T he Driver U n d er the Hood. This was also used on a line of Advance-Rumley tractors. His son, Lawrence V. Wells, is a member of the class 1927. athletic world during meets by taking every event in which it was entered. the spring collegiate awarded team, was Fred P. Alderman, '27, holder of most track records both local and national, and retiring captain of the the varsity medal given annually to the senior who has most successful combined athletic endeavor with scholastic ability during his four years. Al derman is a member of T au Beta Pi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Track awards were granted this year to the largest number of men in the history of Green and White athletics. Also the winners were given gold track shoes in recogni tion oft he best season in the history of the sport. The following were on the approved list: Frederick P. Alderman, '27, (capt.), East Lan sing ; Bohn W. Grim, '27, S t u r g i s; '27, D e c k e r; Roy W. Severence, Russell R. Lord, '28, O w o s s o; Paul M. Smith, '28, Saginaw; Ivan G. Tillotson, '28, Petoskey; H e n ry E. Wylie, '28, S p a r t a; Meredith G. '29, Vicksburg; Deland H. Clark, Davis, '29, Battle Creek; Lewis H. Hackney, '29, F l i n t; H. Lyle H e n son, '29, Lansing; William H. Kroll, '29, Detroit; Forrest J. Lang, '29, Beaverton; Harold L. McAtee, '29, Milford; Albert M. McCabe, '29, Petoskey; Clarence Passink, '29, Grand R a p i d s; Victor H. Ross- man, '29, O n o n d a g a; Earl D. W a r e- ham, '29, Lansing; Theodore E. Willmarth, '29, Detroit; Eugene W. Williams, Special '29, Okemos. awards, t r a c k: Burgoyne A. Diller, '29, Battle Creek; Robert C. Olsen, '29, Sault Ste. M a r i e; Joseph L. Joachim, '29, St. Clair. T he following members of the baseball squad were granted varsity letters by the board in control of athletics at its meeting on J u ne 11. letterman was In awarded a gold baseball in recogni addition each tion of the record of the season in which the varsity lost but two games sixteen: in a regular schedule of Donald W. Fleser, '27, ( c a p t . ), Al legan ; Robert K. Bremer, '27, Howell; Delmar R. Zimmerman, '27, Traverse City; Rowley A. Gail, '27, Laingsburg; Carl W. Baynes, '27, Birmingham; Forrest A. Rine- hart, I. '28, O w o s s o; Albert T. Caruso, J. '28, B a n g o r; Russell Tolles, Davis, '28, E l b e r t a; Marvin A. E g- gert, '29, Lansing; Clark B. Hois- ington, '29, A d r i a n; Gordon L. W i t ter, '29, Detroit; Fred W. Barratt, '29, Lansing. '28, East Lansing; John Six members of the tennis squad letters. They were given varsity '2y, a r e: Theodore R. Hendershott, ( c a p t . ), East Lansing; Robert T. Stott, '27, Chicago, 111.; Merwyn T. Parleman, '28, East L a n s i n g; Carle- ton J. Colvin, '28, East Lansing; Al fred Perrin, Jr., Leland A. Smith, '29, Allegan. '29, Saginaw; MARRIAGES D I R R I M - C L A RK Earl Clark, '26, and Miss Esther Dirrim, w'26, were married June 25 at East Lansing. Mr. Clark is at present a civil engineer at Mt. Clemens. M C C U L L Y - T H Q M P S ON Miss A n na McCully and Claude D. Thompson, jr., were married at East Lansing J u ne 26. W I L D E R- S H A V ER Of interest to many college folks was the announcement of the mar riage of Miss H a r r i et Elizabeth Wilder, '20, to Frederick W. Shaver on Saturday, June 25, at Bay City. Mrs. Shaver has been assistant state club leader for girls during four years, while M r. the past 12 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD July, 1927 Shaver is the popular athletic coach and instructor in the East Lansing high school. They will reside in East Lansing. C I.EVKLA ND-K£lvLER ' n, Oliver H. Cleveland, and Leta Hyde Keller, '09, were mar ried November 27, 1926 at Hast ings. Mich'gan. They are residing at 43 E. College street, Columbus, Ohio, were Mr. Cleveland has a position with the Columbus Rail way Power and Light company. SORAUF-NORTOX '24, were married Frank J. Sorauf and Mary Nor ton, both in November, 1926. and are living at 711 Morris avenue S. E-, Grand Rapids, Michigan. KlNNFY-MlTCHEXL William G. Kinney, '25, and Sue E. Mitchell of Seattle, Washington, were married January 29, 1927. They are living in Seattle where Dr. Kinney has a small animal hospital. 2420 Fourth avenue reaches them. CLASS NOTES ' 08 1436 Addison street, Chicago. Illinois, reaches F. G. Born. of the Cascade mountains on the banks of Skagit river." evening ' 11 Virgil T. Bogue says: "No change in residence, religion or politics, and am still picking off chips on the same old woodpile. Family some larger than last reported but not more numerous. Spent an Ivan Clizbe, '11, Earl Wallace, '11, and R. G. Crane, '10. All seemed well and happy. See Bill Shanor, '11, of Erie, Pennsyl vania, quite often. Bill just moved into a new home. Am always glad to see M. S. C men headed this way." Bogue is in Geneva, Ohio. in February with Ralph Powell should be addressed at 500 Battery place, Chattanooga, Tennes see. '12 D. F. Fisher in charge of is starting his fifteenth year the United States fruit disease field laboratory at Wenat- chee, Washington. Xels Hansen is United States con struction engineer on public buildings at Aberdeen, South Dakota. J. F. Jonas has moved in Royal Oak, Michigan, to 728 Pleasant street. J. H. Tibbs tells his story A. B. Shuart claims for his address 973Q Walden Parkway, Chicago, Illinois. thusly: "Same wife (Hannah Williamson, '11), same job, same kids, same Sun Maid raisin vinyard at Route K, No. 403, Fresno, California. A. A. Sorenson, '12, recently teacher of agriculture Fresno highly commended by Fresno papers and Fresno school board for outstand ing work school grounds." landscaping city in "Please change my address to Wayne County Training School, Northville, Michigan," writes Alice L. Latson. "We are attempting a big innovation the in organizing a educational held here, undernormal school children that will train them to go back into the world as self-supporting inde pendent citizens, not too easily preyed upon by the wolves of society." grade high for in A. L. and Hazel Crafts ('12) Camp- hell have moved in San Bernardino, Cal ifornia, to 1279 St. Elmo street. '10 is for interest M. Blanche Bair sends in her blue slip from 523 South G street, Tacoma, the following: "Am Washington, with at Stadium high the school, one of of points planning all Tacoma itinerary for 1927 N. in their K. A. convention being held in Seattle, that Ta Washington. Remember also the Moun coma 'The Gateway tains'. E. Belle Alger, '13, is with the Extension Service for State College of Washington nutrition foods specialist. Her headquarters is Pullman. Recently visited Edna (Hopson) Simp son, w'12, at Rockport, Washington. Mr. Simpson has a position as operator for Seattle, at Gorge Power Washington Light department. They foothills are beautifully located in the house and as to '13 R. F. Kroodsma is engaged in exten sion forestry work at the College and lives in Fast Lansing. He reports: "I meet many alumni in my wanderings over the state. Spent a pleasant even ing with Herb Warner, '17, last winter. Herb has built himself a cozy home on a beautiful in Kalamazoo county." little lake '14 H. Blakeslee and Muriel Smith Crane announce the birth on April 24, 1927, of Elizabeth Blakeslee. H. J. Lowe is petroleum production engineer, eastern division, for the Pure Oil company. His offices are located in the Pure Oil building, Wabash and Wacker drive, Chicago. Lowe lives in River Forest at 126 Franklin avenue. George T. Smith sends his blue slip from 1138 W. 33rd street, Indianapolis, notation: Indiana, with the following » * Do N ot N e g l e ct Your Record Subscription "I am still designing electric motors for Fairbanks Morse and company. We recently built a 150 H. P. low speed vertical motor for the city of Saginaw, Michigan. This motor to drive a low head Fairbanks Morse and company centrifugal pump. I should like to see any M. S. C. men who may be down this way." is '15 the The postoffice notifies of follow ing changes in address: M. C. Hengst to 1811 College avenue S. E., Grand Rapids, Michigan; Verne Stewart to 18346 Collins avenue, Reseda, Califor nia ; and E. K. Chamberlain to Sparta, Michigan. '16 J. M. Johnson, Jr., is sales represen tative witli the Union Drawn Steel com pany with headquarters at Detroit. He lives at 40*i£j3F-aylor avenue. Fred A^JPrnTmipson's new address is K. 3, Newaygo, Michigan. Van C. Taggert has for his busi avenue, ness adrdess 1425 S. Racine Chicago. W. D. McFarlane gives his new ad dress at 14365 Marlowe avenue, De troit, Michigan. The from letter following Rose Hogue was postmarked Los Angeles, California: "I am on leave of absence from Central Michigan State Normal this term and am spending it in Califor nia with my mother. While here in Los Angeles I have been visiting the home economics departments and classes at the University of California, southern the University of South branch, also ern California and schools. When I go up to San Francisco I am there, going planning out Stanford university. I have seen Nina M. Stree- ter, who was formerly on the extension staff at M. S. C. She is on the home economics faculty here at the U. S. C." to Berkeley and Leland the same to do city the Ivan H. Driggs general manager of ized Driggs Aircraft Lansing. is vice-president and the newly organ in corporation The engineering firm in which A. W. Barron is a partner has moved its of fices to 016 Francis Palms building, De troit. '17 Albert W. Haines has recently opened a in the office of Merriam law office & Marsh at 1212 First National Bank building, Detroit. that Jack W. E. Newlon notes on his blue slip: "No changes in family, residence or job —except is keeping us busy trying to keep up with him. Fear he is more active at 20 months than he will l>e at 20 years. Still with University of California as extension poultry spe cialist. in Berkeley, occasionally. Just bought him self a new home. Guess the Southern Pacific railroad had a prosperous year. '11, in Los Angeles Saw Jim France, See Vic Cooledge '17 here July, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 13 Jim recently. is county agent for San Diego county. Harold Cudaback and A. L. Campbell are doing county agent work with us. Harold in Napa and A. L. in San Bernardino county. Both fine when I saw them last." in Harold Fleming is assistant operating the supervision of engineer helping gas plants for the Illinois Power and Light corporation. He may be reached at Room 1532, 231 South LaSalle street, Chicago. Edward Ludwig gives his new adrdess as Gypsum, Ohio, care U. S. Gypsum company. interesting the Missouri introduced by train which on February the Arkansas divisions of A very unique and apparently suc cessful method of presenting progres sive suggestions to the farmers of Ar kansas was recently the Missouri Pacific lines by what is known Pacific Agricultural as 9 Progress tour completed a novel and the Mis of the souri Pacific lines. The work of train was planned and supervised by is director of agricul John T. Stinson the railroad, and tural development for Oran W. Rowland is agricultural agent of the Missouri Pacific railroad at Lit tle Rock. The outstanding features of the train were exhibits and the instructive and entertaining ex impor hibits featuring matters of vital tance to the Arkansas farmers. It was estimated that fully 15,000 persons vis ited tour, or an average of 500 attendants per day. train during its 30-day interesting the its for Steel Rufus W. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Whitelaw (Mary Emily Ranney) announce the birth on March 2 of Robert Ellis, The White- laws are at Fort Amador, Canal Zone. is assistant metal lurgist and the American Wire company, Worcester, Massachu setts. He lives at 87 Hillcroft avenue James B. Wellman gives his new ad dress as New Egyptian Portland Ce ment company, Port Huron, Michigan. J. Dean Wilson writes from Wooster, Ohio: "Have been at the Ohio Agri cultural experiment station as assistant plant pathologist since my graduation at Johns Hopkins university June. Other State men here are Paul Tilford '23, Alderman '20, Gerdel '23, Don Cor- in '24' Dr. H. C. Young, Jack Cutler '21, and possibly others." last "What's happened the people who went to State in 1922?" asks Thel- ma Haite Sanford, 805 N. Washington avenue, Lansing. to all The George E. and Huldah Coon living ('23) Tichenor are in Santa Monica, California, at 1239 22nd street. George is teaching physical education in John Adams junior high school. last communication from Lieut. told of his plans George F. Schulgen for a trip on a U. S. destroyer to south ern islands, Indo-China and China this spring. He had hopes and prospects for a tiger hunt. Schulgen is at Clark Field, Stotsenberg, Pampanga, P. I. According information to postoffice Mrs. J. W. Baird (Irene Marthen) has moved to 1516 Dexter avenue, Ann Ar bor, Michigan. '23 The postoffice says that Lee Bullen should be addressed in care of Bates & Rogers, 91st street and Drexel, Chi cago. Ralph Koppana is with the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light company but has moved to 275 35th street. He says: "Ralph Leonard arrived April 24, 1926; he is doing all the engineering in the house at present. President of the Leonard Wrecking company." Colonel F. Snyder has moved in Bay City, Michigan, to 514 Wilson street. '25 "Still keeping company with milk and States "New the dairy cow for Gypsum company York," writes R. P. Britsman. the United at Oakfield, Veterinary science department, Madi is the address which son, Wisconsin, the postoffice gives for H. J. Fiege. is with Glen W. Nesman "Am still county agricultural the H. J. Heinz company at Bay City, Michigan, and lives at 244 N. Lincoln avenue. E d gar Glen was born December 24, 1926. agent for Iron county, Wisconsin, with head quarters at Hurley," writes Waino J. "This together with the task of Helli. local being secretary-treasurer loan association keeps me rather farm busy. Had 'Institute' meetings a while ago. Doc Gingrich, also from '23, assisted me with talks from his special field, veter inary." the class of regular our the for has been returned Mail addressed to the following peo ple unclaimed: J. Park Teter, Room 882, 208 South LaSalle street, Box 4, Main Postoffice, Chicago; John F. Spaulding, 2111 S. LaSalle Gardens, Detroit; and George Postmus, 1513 Genesee street, Kansas City, Missouri. P. D. Prentice may be in care of the State Highway department, Lansing, Michigan. reached on student I graduated The following was contained a blue slip from Lloyd J. Conkel: "Imme diately after graduation I came to Pitts course the burgh and began the Westinghouse Electric com which pany offers. When from that I accepted a regular position in the that headquarters sales organization of to company. October 2 I was married a Pittsburgh girl, Helen E. Steele. We are now living happily at 415 Kelley avenue, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, which is one of the best of the suburbs I of Pittsburgh. have spent a great deal of my time on the sick list. Measles was my first ill by ness, which was closely followed I'm planning bronchial pneumonia. to attend training period the O. R. C. at Fort Monroe, this of summer." Since December 15 two weeks' the Max K. Hood writes: "Please send my Record to Box 303, Corunna, Mich igan, until further notice. Have just take care of a moved fruit thirty-acre orchard here. The to Corunna to '18 department "Compressor engineering Ingersoll Rand company, on living Manhattan and still single," writes T. W. Keating from 11 the 14th Broadway, New York city. floor, H. K. Wrench the of is manager and is Michigan Federated Utilities, to Ply supplying "good gas service" mouth. Northville, Wayne, Newburg and Rosedale Gardens. He in Plymouth at 1347 Ann Arbor street. lives '19 Ruth Musselman may be reached at 810 Hawthorne, Royal Oak, Michigan. ,,Dorothy Kahres Fleming (Mrs. P. O.) writes that they have built a new home at 13725 Maplerow, Garfield Heights, Cleveland Ohio. '20 informs The postoffice J. Gregg should be addressed at 321 E. 85th street New York city. that A. "We started the New Year properly with arrival of Robert George on Jan uary 1. Is practicing college yells al ready, writes H. B. and Corinne Lich- tenwalter Keydel from 392 Kitchener avenue, Detroit, Michigan. Lawrence Archer Howard V. Hoffman is district manager of the Stewart Fruit company with of fices at 1425 S. Racine avenue, Chicago. is located at the Detroit district office of the Louis Al- lis company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He boulevard. Janice Lee was born October 11, 1926. lives at 3320 Chicago '21 S. P. Nelson may be reached at 317 Rapids, Beulah street S. E., Grand Michigan. Eva K. Schurr is starting her fourth in year as home demonstration agent lives Harford county, Maryland. She that at Bel Air. Miss Schurr reports Lillian Ruth Grimm '22 and Rodney Frazer of Elkton, Maryland, were mar ried January 2, 1927, and are spending in Oakland, California. several months Mail addressed to Laura Crissman at Romeo, Michigan, has been returned un claimed. the An in Winnebago seven county, Illinois, bears the signature of T. G. Lindquist, county for ester. Lindquist's headquarters are at the court house at Rockford. Loren Shedd has moved illustrated forest preserves leaflet describing landscape Flint, in Michigan, to 305 E, Patterson street. '22 Carl M. Brown may be reached in care of the division plant of the Mich igan Bell Telephone company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 14 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD July, 1927 • a MB mm ^ l *f I fcil W i l li I^MJI B a nk Block East Lansing, Mich. consists of apples, peaches, and cherries mainly, with a few plums and pears. I have not met many M. S. C. graduates here yet hut met Royal Vincent the oth er day, who is connected with the Con sumers Power company here." E. N. PAGELSON, '89. Patent Attorney 1321 Lafayette Building, Detroit SAM BECK, '12, with LOUIS BECK CO. 112 North Washington Ave. Society Brand Clothes Complete Haberdashery Olympic Recreation Club BOWLING A ND BILLIARDS College Manor Barter Shop BOBBING A SPECIALTY 224 Abbot East Lansing Insurance Bonds FAUNCE & SCHEPERS 136 W. Grand River Avenue East Lansing Real Estate Rentals in "Teach- Ruth Gene Palmer writes: in" elementary home economics the Amos and McKinstry schools. Findine the more II. S. C. friends neighborhood every day ( W, not in the neighborhood around schools!)." Miss Palmer in Detroit at 2204 LaSake Gardens, South. living lives the in Claude Gifftdfl is teaching at Flush ing, Michigan, Donald Jackques gives his new ad street, Monroe, dress as 511 Smith Michigan. L. K. Dewey claims 309 \Y. Washing- tun avenue, Jackson, Michigan, for his new address. '26 Ethel Roy is teaching home economics in the Virginia Normal school at Et- trick. Her home is in Detroit at 6042 ScQtteii avenue. Harold C. Roberts is with the Com monwealth P. aver corporation at Jack- sun as an electrical engineer. Landscape Designs Leonard Braamse is teaching at Bad 822 State street, Schenectady, New York, reaches L. B. Whelan. THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASS. SOC. OF THE U. S. E. ML Wilson, 13 E. A. Johnson, '18 903 Prudden Bldg., Lansing, Mich. STATIONERS AND OFFICE OUTFITTERS 223 Washington Avenue, North LANSING A. M. Emery, '83 H. C. Pratt, '09 H. A. D. Sales & Engineering Co H. A. Douglas Manufacturing Co. Caskey-Depree Manufacturing Co. Automobile Electric Supplies Harry A. Douglas, w'06 Bronson, Michigan J. LEE BAKER CO., '07 Brokers and Developers of Subdivisions 301 Penobscot Bldg. Detroit ALBERT W. HAINES, '17 Attorney and Counselor 180 Acres THE Growers R. J. Cor} I. Wangbe Se: CORYELL NURSERY Birmingham, Mich. of Hardy Trees and Shrubs -ell. rg, d tor Latest Price List '14 Carlton McDonald, '26 Ralph I. Coryell, '25 '84 Grand Rapids Savings Bank Grand Rapi "The Bank Where You Feel At Home" M. S. C. Pe.p^e G:v*r. a Glad Hand '-0, Chairman Charles W. Garfield, Executive CojsoMttec Gilbert L. Daase, '09, President '83, Manager C. Fred Schneider, Division Branch Benj. C. Porter, '84, Manager South G. R. Branch Benj. C. Porter, Jr., ' n, Asst. Manager South G. R. Branch Willis Vandenburg, '21, Manager Fulton St. Branch Axe. Michigan, James Dawson has left Lansing and is n.-.v located in Detroit at 4068 Mon- 1212 First National Bank Bldg. DETROIT '"I an Hinois. "I have just . •"•_ L. Downey " • announce the birth of 4," '>orn February from Mar- finished • veterinary practice. 1 B • •'! practice. The old • rinarian must starve not true, for 1 am gain- design is doing work .with Power the Commonwealth corporation at Jackson, and lives at 220 \Y. Wilkins street. Mar-;.;'! Houghton Horace B. Farley is with the horticul of the University tural department at Maryland, College Park. The Mill Mutuals Agency INSURANCE In All Its Branches P U B L I C A T I ON W O RK A S P E C IA L TY The Campus Press (Incorporated) 139 East Grand River Ave. East Lansing, Michigan Printers of the M. S. C. Record and Michigan State News July, 1927 T HE M. S. C. R E C O RD 15 THE EDWARDS LABORATORY S. F. Edwards, '99, Lansing, Michigan. Bacteria for Seed Inoculation Veterinary Supplies WALDO ROHNERT, '89 Wholesale Seed Grower, Gilroy, California COLLEGE PHOTO SERA ICE J. H. Pratt, The Photographer College Views 214 Abbott Road East Lansing Dorotha Haddon Lamb (Mrs. John in Detroit, Michigan, at is F.) living 14921 Stoepel. Myron Hartman is a field engineer association in the the state with head for the Portland Cement and has charge of 21 counties northern part of quarters at Traverse City. The postoffice gives the in address: A. J. Simpson following changes to 20^ S. Monroe street, Sturgis, Michi gan ; L. B. Kurtz to 921 Grand T r a v erse street, Flint, Michigan; and D. L. Allerton to the Wickes Boiler Works, Saginaw, Michigan. M. 8. C. RESTAURANT East Lansing Tables for Ladies GOOD COFFEE PROMPT SERVICE O P EN A LL N I G HT n* L. I.-+ -—"Always at the Service of the Students and Alumni " THE STATE COLLEGE BOOK STORE N. E. WAGNER, Manager B M r N K. B L O C K .- CURVED TUBE SOOMK During the past year, Wickes Three and Four Drum Boilers have been add ed to our line of boiler products. They contain features of design and con struction making them particularly adaptable to the requirements of mod ern industrial steam power plants. We will welcome an opportunity to offer them for your service. Ask for Bulletin No. 14, "The Wickes Three Drum Curved Tube Boiler." Saginaw, Michigan SALES OFFICES: Detroit, General Motors Bldg. New York, 501 Fifth Ave. Chicago, 33 S. Clark St. Pittsburgh, 1218 Empire Bldg. H. P. 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